9 May 1996
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 1996 AIR 1925, JT 1996 (5) 88, 1996 SCALE (4) 290
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CW-1996-0002Hailakandi, AssamJudgment 9 May 1996
The Secretary, Hailakandi Bar Association vs State of Assam and Anr.
remove/replace final sentence; SP report + affidavit + apology recorded and rejected by the Court. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 9 May 1996 in Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 209 of 1993, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: S.C. Sen, A.M. Ahmadi, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Superintendent of Police, Hailakandi, Assam.
- Register number
- AS 24 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 209 of 1993 / 1996 AIR 1925, JT 1996 (5) 88, 1996 SCALE (4) 290
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: S.C. Sen, A.M. Ahmadi, JJ.), 9 May 1996
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Superintendent of Police, Hailakandi, Assam
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Article 129 of the Constitution of India; Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; Article 32 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “We hold him guilty of contempt under Article 129 of the Constitution read with Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Having regard to the gravity of the case, we sentence the contemner [name withheld] to undergo simple …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by Supreme Court. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 0.25 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 9 May 1996 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“We hold him guilty of contempt under Article 129 of the Constitution read with Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Having regard to the gravity of the case, we sentence the contemner [name withheld] to undergo simple …”
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.